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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Cross compiler Data Access

Object Pascal compilers offers a wide range of classes and components that allows you to connect to different databases, ranging from BDE to open source components. But many of them only works in Delphi or only in FreePascal, turning very dificult to develop cross platform database applications.

If you (like me) like smaller and faster programs, i'll recommend a small library called LibSQL. Just like Zeos, this library allows access to different databases, but allows you to use driver you want, making the executable many times smaller than Zeos. If you want to download it, go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsql

If you know different cross platform libraries or components like Zeos or LibSQL, please comment on them.